Applicators, wood, manufacturing · Kentucky

Nelco Inc

Louisville, KY · ~62 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nelco Inc runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Applicators, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Nelco Inc: 4.4 TCR = 134% of Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nelco Inc safety composite

Nelco Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−8.2

2016→2024

Nelco Inc injury rate improved

Nelco Inc's TCR fell 8.2 from 10.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.1 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321999 · Louisville, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 134% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/10
  • PHOTO UFPI 388 McMinnville…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: UFPI 388 McMinnville, OR (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nelco Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Nelco Inc averages 4.4 TCR (134% of the Applicators, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Nelco Inc TCR series: 2016=10.1 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Nelco Inc falls in its industry

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturi establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Applicators, wood, manufacturi employers in Kentucky.

Nelco Inc (62 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nelco Inc
Nelco Inc (62 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Nelco Inc has more employees than the Applicators, wood, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 4.9 0.0 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 10.1 1.4 7 0 0
2019 4.5 1.5 3 0 0
2018 3.3 1.6 2 0 0
2017 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2016 10.1 4.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321999 · KY · Louisville

405 Applicators, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 1,638 employers in Louisville, KY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR UFPI 388 McMinnville, OR 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jordan Forest Products 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barbeque Wood Flavors, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SCHU WEST 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pineville 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terra Apartment Homes 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Phillips Brothers Construction 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berkel Piling Louisville 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Public Schools 18,524 FTE
CITY-NEAR KYGRA - WORLDPORT 11,933 FTE
CITY-NEAR WORLDPORT (KYGRA) 9,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTKY TRUCK 8,757 FTE
NAT-TCR OCP Contractors of Columbus 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa Region Six 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - TSE 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR R+L Carriers - GRE 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE C. M. Joslin Co., Inc. 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Emerald Place 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 042 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 068 62 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.